Klüver–Bucy syndrome A behavioral disorder with some very odd symptoms, including “hypersexuality” and a desire to examine objects with the mouth. Named after two doctors who gave psychotropic drugs to lobotomized monkeys.

Mary Toft An English woman who hoaxed doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits.

Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Revenge of the Terror of the Attack of the Evil, Mutant, Alien, Flesh Eating, Hellbound, Zombified Living Dead Part 2: In Shocking 2-D As if that wasn’t bad enough, it spawned a sequel.

Prince Philip Movement A religious movement on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu which holds that Queen Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is a divine being.

Religious pareidolia A tendency to see religious imagery in in the textures of corn chips, cinnamon rolls, toast, clouds, etc, etc.

Robot jockey Robots designed to ride dromedary camels.

Rose A goat that was married to a Sudanese man in 2006.

The Cure for Insomnia A movie that runs for 85 hours. Not the longest movie ever screened, however.

Voluntary Human Extinction Movement A movement that calls for the voluntary extinction of the human race.

Year 10,000 problem The collective name for all potential software bugs that will emerge as the need to express years with five digits arises.

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